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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

B Wing Fighter

Here are some more images of AMT's 1/94 scale B Wing fighter from Star Wars.

From Wikipedia "

B-wings are fictional Rebel Alliance and New Republic starfighters in the Star Wars universe. They first appear in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and subsequently in the Star Wars Expanded Universe's
books, comics, and games. A variety of B-wing merchandise has been
released by toy companies. Although initial plans called for B-wings to
appear in several scenes, its narrow appearance from some angles made
it difficult to see against the backdrop of space. The ship's rotating cockpit stems from an initial design for the Millennium Falcon.Expanded Universe material states that when the Galactic Empire designs the Nebulon-B frigate to protect its convoys from Rebel Alliance X-wings and Y-wings, the Rebels respond by constructing the B-wing. The Verpine, supervised by Ackbar, design and arm the fighter to engage capital ships. The B-wing's gyrostabilized cockpit allows the pilot to maintain a consistent horizon while the craft's body rotates around it.
The B-wing is the largest and most powerful fighter designed by the
Rebel Alliance, and it is generally viewed as the successor to the older
Y-wing fighter/bomber. B-wings have powerful shields which are
considerably stronger than the shields featured on most Imperial or
Rebel fighter designs, and they are armed with a greater variety of
weapons. B-wings participate at the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi and in numerous other engagements throughout the Star Wars Expanded Universe.